Method and apparatus for processing user plane data

• US 10,334,481 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2015
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Hong, Sung-pyo, Choi, Woo-jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Lin, Will W
• Application Number:
  US15/511,296
• Publication Number:
  US 20170257265A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/00 Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received correcting synchronisation H04L7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/18 Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2001/0093 Point-to-multipoint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/25 Maintenance of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

Provided are a method and apparatus for processing user plane data by a terminal. The method may include: receiving additional configuration information for additionally configuring a WLAN carrier using an unlicensed frequency band; receiving downlink user plane data through a base station carrier using the WLAN carrier or a licensed frequency band according to the additional configuration information; and transmitting included uplink user plane data through the WLAN carrier or the base station carrier according to the additional configuration information.

Claims

1. A method for processing user plane data by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving additional configuration information to further configure a wireless local area network (WLAN) carrier that uses an unlicensed frequency band through an aggregation entity;

receiving downlink user plane data through the WLAN carrier according to the additional configuration information; and

transmitting uplink user plane data by using at least one of the WLAN carrier and a base station carrier as a transfer path of the uplink user plane data according to the additional configuration information,

wherein the additional configuration information includes information indicating an uplink data transfer path type to be separately applied for each radio bearer, and

wherein the aggregation entity configures an IPSec tunnel between the based station and the terminal for transmitting and receiving the user plane data through the WLAN carrier.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the aggregation entity is configured in an upper layer of a PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) layer.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information indicating the uplink data transfer path type includes information that indicates, as the uplink data transfer path type, at least one of the base station carrier and the WLAN carrier.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in case of transmitting the uplink user plane data only through the WLAN carrier, information to identify a radio bearer by an aggregation entity in the base station is added to the uplink user plane data to be transmitted.

5. A method for processing user plane data by a base station, the method comprising:

creating and transmitting additional configuration information to further configure a wireless local area network (WLAN) carrier that uses an unlicensed frequency band through an aggregation entity;

transmitting downlink user plane data through the WLAN carrier according to the additional configuration information; and

receiving uplink user plane data by using at least one of the WLAN carrier and a base station carrier as a transfer path of the uplink user plane data according to the additional configuration information,

wherein the additional configuration information includes information indicating an uplink data transfer path type to be separately applied for each radio bearer, and

wherein the aggregation entity configures an IPSec tunnel between the base station and the terminal for transmitting and receiving the user plane data through the WLAN carrier.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the aggregation entity is configured in an upper layer of a PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) layer.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the information indicating the uplink data transfer path type includes information that indicates, as the uplink data transfer path type, at least one of the base station carrier and the WLAN carrier.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein, in case of receiving the uplink user plane data only through the WLAN carrier, information to identify a radio bearer by the aggregation entity is added to the uplink user plane data to be received.

9. A terminal for processing user plane data, the terminal comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive additional configuration information to further configure a wireless local area network (WLAN) carrier that uses an unlicensed frequency band through an aggregation entity, and configured to receive downlink user plane data through the WLAN carrier according to the additional configuration information; and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit uplink user plane data by using at least one of the WLAN carrier and a base station carrier as a transfer path of the uplink user plane data according to the additional configuration information,

wherein the additional configuration information includes information indicating an uplink data transfer path type to be separately applied for each radio bearer, and

wherein the aggregation entity configures an IPSec tunnel between the base station and the terminal for transmitting and receiving the user plane data through the WLAN carrier.

10. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the aggregation entity is configured in an upper layer of a PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) layer.

11. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the information indicating the uplink data transfer path type includes information that indicates, as the uplink data transfer path type, at least one of the base station carrier and the WLAN carrier.

12. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein, when the transmitting unit transmits the uplink user plane data only through the WLAN carrier, information to identify a radio bearer by an aggregation entity in the base station is added to the uplink user plane data to then be transmitted.